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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Cognates - Episode 411 - The Knitmore Girls

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On the Needles:(0:33)

Gigi finished Smooth Operator Socks out ofWhite Birch Fiberarts“Little Birdie colorway”. $10 of the sale of each skein of this color will be donated to the ACLU, and $10 will go to Planned Parenthood. Also, the leftover yarn has been knit into preemie hats and the last bits have turned into pompoms.

Jasmin mentions Sock Architecture by Lara Neel for figuring out how to get just the right fit.

Also, Gigi finished another Quynn hat, and a all the leftover yarn from a pair of socks into preemie hats, and still had leftovers for pompoms, and made lots of itty bitty pompoms. Genevieve helped.We use the Clover Pompom Maker.

The Do Some Good contest started Friday after Thanksgiving. The object of Do Some Good is to do something positive on a local, national or global level. Something that benefits more than your immediate family and friends. This year we will try and focus on supporting social justice organizations.

The Grinch-Along started December 1st, and this is an instagram and ravelry thread contest. For this contest, work on anything that brings you joy and is not 2016 holiday gift knitting. We have amazing prizes, and bags made by us from this pinterest tutorial. Entries will be judged on originality and general delightfulness. And obviously, Grinchiness.

Gigi has been sewing some more seams on Grinch bags.

1 comment:

Hello ladies! I learned to crochet a few years ago and just learned to knit a few months ago. I finally went to the Portuguese style b/c it felt awkward and painfully slow the way I was trying to do Continental. I've watched more knitting videos now and I think my technique was just seriously lacking. Oh well. This is totally working for me and 2 color knitting is easy!

I'm also working on a Sidewalk Sweater and that tubing sounds genius! I have interchangeable needles so I just clicked on an extra cord for trying on but it unclicked as I pulled it off..... So annoying! I also own The Complete Photo Guide to Crochet and agree that its a good one.

As for amigurumi, it hurts my hands too. And yes that yarn is cheap but does have its place when you are trying to make something indestructible. If you don't know about the invisible decrease you should check out this tutorial. It's life changing. ;) http://www.allaboutami.com/invisibledecrease/

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